honoring God – Mt Freedom Baptist Church

n his first letter to the churches, Peter encourages believers to live lives of honor among ourselves and among the non-believers of the world. We are to honor not only our brothers and sisters in Christ, but also those in the world around us including the authorities of worldly governments. In so doing, everyone will take note and glorify God. It is important for us to remember that honoring others doesn’t always mean that we approve of their own behavior. We offer them our honor in obedience to God’s command regardless of whether we approve of their words and deeds.

In Matthew 15 Jesus teaches that we honor him by serving those whom He called “the least of these” – feeding and clothing those in need and visiting those who are suffering. Conversely, He says that when we do not help others in need, we dishonor Him. But honoring others isn’t something we should do out of a sense of duty to “check a box.” It must start with an a genuine desire to serve others born from gratitude when we remember how Jesus demonstrated His love for His children by His sacrifices on our behalf.

Christ followers understand God’s call to honor Him in the things we do, say, and think throughout every day of our lives in Christ. We are to show honor to God in our worship, by our obedience to His commands and calling, in our relationships with our fellow human beings, in everything we say, in our daily work to the glory of God, in our stewardship of the blessings God has bestowed on our lives, in living lives of holiness, in thankfulness for God’s presence and work in our lives – especially our salvation through Christ out of death in our sins into eternal life in His glorious presence, and in fulfillment by His empowerment of the mission(s) He has assigned to us.

As we celebrate Mothers’ Day this year, we begin a new message series – Called to Honor. How appropriate that we should begin this series with God’s commandment for us to – “Honor Your Father and Your Mother.” (Deuteronomy 5:16). God’s call for us to lives of honor begins with us seeing our fellow creatures as God sees us – His beloved children created in His own image. When we view those around us in this light, we are filled with the desire to honor and serve them as we do our beloved God Himself.

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